RV Repaired - Halleluja
We found a local RV repairman that came out yesterday afternoon and came back today and repaired our RV. It turns out the clamp holding the fresh water tank was only about 1/8th of an inch from the edge, so we figured the person that put it together must have done so on a Monday morning after a weekend drunk. We have figured out that we will not buy another Keystone RV due to the number of problems. Fortunately, we found a really good and honest repairman that brought a helper and got the tank back in place and repaired the bottom, so we're in shape now. I had bought a replacement vent cover (since I had cracked it on the way here) and the repairman climbed up and installed it for me as well and it turns out that it was about half as much as I had expected when we saw it. That is good news.
Business is really looking good right now as it seems like everyone that Keith and I talk to end up having us help them to some degree. Some of the doctors are still not trusting us to the extent they eventually will, so instead of taking our advice and letting us do what we do best, they pick and choose the least expensive diagnostic tool to add to their practice, so instead of increasing their income by $200,000 in the first 12 months, they'll see an increase of $60K the first year and then they come back and are ready to follow our suggestions and they've delayed some of their benefit - but at least they are working with us. This is such an improvement over a year ago at this time when we had more than 60% of the doctors not return calls and it wasn't until Brad left that we started hearing from the clients why they had not worked with us. Today, Keith and I have a better than 90% ratio on physicians choosing to work with us after we do our practice analysis as we're not trying to pressure anyone. We're helping the doctors practice better medicine and those that do are the ones seeing increases of $400,000 a year or more and some of them are seeing more than $700,000 a year increases.
Our referral ratio has improved, so that when a client refers someone to us - it's almost certain that the new client will work with us as well and if the referral comes from one of the doctors that have really followed our recommendations (every one of them have seen increases of more than $240,000 a year in net income), the referral follows all of our recommendations and they too see the improvement.
Once in a while, we're still running into a doctor that thinks that they already know it all - so we have learned to walk away from them as they're not worth the frustration. Thankfully, Keith and I both have the same attitude towards those people - which is why we really enjoy the freedom of working for ourselves, so that we don't have to work with those kind of people.
Here is something that Jennifer Wilkes sent me today about the North and the South and I found it very humorous. True - but humorous.
MLN Matters Number: MM6313 *The difference between the
North and the South - at last, clearly explained.... *
*The North has Bloomingdale's, the South has "Dollar General."
The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses.
The North has dating services, the South has family reunions.
The North has switchblade knives; the South has. 45's
The North has double last names; the South has double first names.
The North has Indy car races; The South has stock car races.
North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits.
The North has green salads, the South has collard greens.
The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish.
The North has the rust belt; the South has the Bible Belt.
FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH . . .
In the South: If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a **four-wheel drive** pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them,
just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store... Do not buy food at this store.
Remember, 'Y'all' is singular, 'all y'all' is plural, and 'all y'all's' is plural possessive.
Get used to hearing 'You ain't from round here, are ya?'
Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it.
Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective 'big'ol,' truck or 'big'ol' boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it.
The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.
Be advised that "He needed killin" is a valid defense here.
If you hear a Southerner exclaim, 'Hey, y'all watch this,' you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.
If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there.
Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim.
In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway.
AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we ain't gonna call 'em biscuits. They're young-uns - so we'll love em - but they don't get called Southerners until they demonstrate southern behavior.
Business is really looking good right now as it seems like everyone that Keith and I talk to end up having us help them to some degree. Some of the doctors are still not trusting us to the extent they eventually will, so instead of taking our advice and letting us do what we do best, they pick and choose the least expensive diagnostic tool to add to their practice, so instead of increasing their income by $200,000 in the first 12 months, they'll see an increase of $60K the first year and then they come back and are ready to follow our suggestions and they've delayed some of their benefit - but at least they are working with us. This is such an improvement over a year ago at this time when we had more than 60% of the doctors not return calls and it wasn't until Brad left that we started hearing from the clients why they had not worked with us. Today, Keith and I have a better than 90% ratio on physicians choosing to work with us after we do our practice analysis as we're not trying to pressure anyone. We're helping the doctors practice better medicine and those that do are the ones seeing increases of $400,000 a year or more and some of them are seeing more than $700,000 a year increases.
Our referral ratio has improved, so that when a client refers someone to us - it's almost certain that the new client will work with us as well and if the referral comes from one of the doctors that have really followed our recommendations (every one of them have seen increases of more than $240,000 a year in net income), the referral follows all of our recommendations and they too see the improvement.
Once in a while, we're still running into a doctor that thinks that they already know it all - so we have learned to walk away from them as they're not worth the frustration. Thankfully, Keith and I both have the same attitude towards those people - which is why we really enjoy the freedom of working for ourselves, so that we don't have to work with those kind of people.
Here is something that Jennifer Wilkes sent me today about the North and the South and I found it very humorous. True - but humorous.
*The North has Bloomingdale's, the South has "Dollar General."
The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses.
The North has dating services, the South has family reunions.
The North has switchblade knives; the South has. 45's
The North has double last names; the South has double first names.
The North has Indy car races; The South has stock car races.
North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits.
The North has green salads, the South has collard greens.
The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish.
The North has the rust belt; the South has the Bible Belt.
FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH . . .
In the South: If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a **four-wheel drive** pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them,
just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store... Do not buy food at this store.
Remember, 'Y'all' is singular, 'all y'all' is plural, and 'all y'all's' is plural possessive.
Get used to hearing 'You ain't from round here, are ya?'
Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it.
Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective 'big'ol,' truck or 'big'ol' boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it.
The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.
Be advised that "He needed killin" is a valid defense here.
If you hear a Southerner exclaim, 'Hey, y'all watch this,' you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.
If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there.
Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim.
In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway.
AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we ain't gonna call 'em biscuits. They're young-uns - so we'll love em - but they don't get called Southerners until they demonstrate southern behavior.
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